Salary at THE ARCHIE FOUNDATION

Responsibility

• to work closely with ACBS Coordinator and wider Archie Foundation staff members and volunteers
• all staff are required to comply with The Archie Foundation Terms and Conditions of Service
• to respond to referrals for bereavement support from within Highlands
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• to contact individual families, assess their needs and provide advice, guidance and support as appropriate
• to provide support and direct work with children and young people as appropriate
• to liaise with medical, nursing and other staff to enable bereaved families to receive appropriate support
• post Title: Bereavement Support Worker
• to support and undertake delivery of awareness and other ACBS training programs to professionals when required
• location: Raigmore Hospital, Inverness
• to support ACBS Activity Day programmes and young people’s groups when necessary
• fixed Contract: 18 hours per week
• to assist the ACBS Coordinator and ACBS Committee to develop local services
• all staff are required to familiarise themselves with all relevant Archie Foundation and specific ACBS policies, guidelines and procedures, in particular, Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities, confidentiality, safeguarding, data protection and to apply them in practice
• to work with Archie Foundation colleagues to raise awareness of ACBS and the needs of bereaved children and young people
• in addition to the duties and responsibilities outlined in this Job Description, all staff are expected to undertake any additional reasonable tasks or responsibilities which may be required of them by their line manager
• such other appropriate tasks as may be required from time to time
• to report regularly to the Archie's Child Bereavement Service Committee meeting and attend meetings when required
• to report regularly to the ACBS Coordinator or in their absence to a member of The Archie Foundation senior management team
• be accountable to and work positively and effectively with the all Archie Foundation Senior Management Staff
• to write regular reports on the use of the service
• to attend Archie Foundation and ACBS Team meetings when required

Requirements

• essential
• sensitivity to the needs of others
• sociable outgoing nature
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• empathic
• tolerance and patience
• approachable
• sense of humour
• flexibility and willingness to work outside normal office hours
• calm and considered approach
• managing stress
• insightful and reflective
• bereavement support: 1 year
• working with Children: 1 year
• inverness: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work

Earnings for position support worker